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The Writing Bull: a Podcast For Fearless Writers

The Writing Bull Podcast is a show for fearless writers: Poets, novelists and memoirists who are committed to the written word, who can't live life without it. Marcos McPeek Villatoro, who writes in a... Read more

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The Panther in the Cage

The Panther in the Cage

Today’s show is a recording of a poetry show I did at Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles, where I teach. I took ... Read more

16 Jul 2018

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Writer Susana Marcelo, The Old Country and New Writing

Writer Susana Marcelo, The Old Country and New Writing

Susana Marcelo is a professor at California State University Northridge, a writer, poet, essayist, and. . .well, a lot m... Read more

9 Jul 2018

36mins

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Kennia Lopez: A New Voice in Literature

Kennia Lopez: A New Voice in Literature

Ken Lopez is a Mexican and Salvadoran poet from Kansas City. She hopes her work will, like Chinua Achebe said, tell the ... Read more

2 Jul 2018

32mins

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José Orduña: Writing and Justice

José Orduña: Writing and Justice

I met José Orduña at the Associated Writing Program conference in Tampa, Florida this past spring. He had arrived at the... Read more

25 Jun 2018

29mins

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Poet Alexandra Regalado: Life Seen Through the Bulletproof Glass

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